pcapfix

repairs corrupted packet captures

Fix corrupted pcap

$ pcapfix [corrupted.pcap]

Fix and save to new file

$ pcapfix -o [fixed.pcap] [corrupted.pcap]

Verbose output

$ pcapfix -v [corrupted.pcap]

Deep scan mode

$ pcapfix -d [corrupted.pcap]

pcapfix [options] file

pcapfix repairs corrupted packet captures. Fixes pcap and pcapng files.The tool recovers network captures. Handles truncation and corruption.

FILE

Corrupted pcap file.

-o OUTPUT

Output file.

-v

Verbose mode.

-d

Deep scan.

-n

Fix pcapng files.

sudo apt install pcapfix

nix profile install nixpkgs#pcapfix

May not recover all data. Backup originals. Supports pcap and pcapng.

pcapfix was created for recovering corrupted packet capture files.